Full Transcript for Side Notes: Reimagining Women’s and Children’s Care at Avera McKennan Hospital

these two buildings. 00:02:16.560 --> 00:02:17.039 Yeah. 00:02:17.039 --> 00:02:17.680 So yeah. 00:02:18.000 --> 00:02:19.039 Wow, it sounds fascinating. 00:02:19.199 --> 00:02:19.599 Yeah, it is. 00:02:19.680 --> 00:02:21.439 It's yeah, been amazing. 00:02:21.439 --> 00:02:22.719 Wonderful, wonderful. 00:02:22.719 --> 00:02:33.520 So when you think about it, then what are one of like the details that maybe you love or reflects like the care and kind of creativity of the project and what's going on there? 00:02:33.759 --> 00:02:34.080 Yeah. 00:02:34.080 --> 00:02:38.639 It's uh it's it's an interesting project in that it's women's and children's. 00:02:38.800 --> 00:02:38.960 Yeah. 00:02:39.120 --> 00:02:51.039 You know, so a lot of times you'll see uh standalone women's hospitals and they have a certain look and feel to them, and you or you have a standalone pediatric facility that has a different vibe to it, right? 00:02:51.039 --> 00:02:53.199 The uh the design tends to be different. 00:02:53.199 --> 00:03:02.159 Because we're putting these two things together in one building, you can't design something that's overly women's or overly pediatric. 00:03:02.400 --> 00:03:02.879 Right, right. 00:03:03.039 --> 00:03:11.759 Uh, one of my favorite parts of the project is uh we've got uh uh pediatric uh PEDs and pediatric ICU on the third floor. 00:03:11.759 --> 00:03:17.439 We've got the uh nenonatal intensive care unit, NICU, on the fourth floor. 00:03:17.439 --> 00:03:24.240 And on the northeast corner of the building, we've created what the team has refers to as the jewel box. 00:03:24.400 --> 00:03:24.879 Okay, 00:03:24.879 --> 00:03:38.719 and it's literally a sky lobby that connects those two pieces, the third and fourth floor on the corner of the building that's dedicated to pediatric and NICU uh patients and their families. 00:03:38.719 --> 00:03:44.719 Yeah, it's a place of respite for families and parents, a place for them to get away a little bit. 00:03:44.879 --> 00:03:45.039 Yeah. 00:03:45.199 --> 00:03:49.039 Uh, because those are really uh really tough places to be, right? 00:03:49.280 --> 00:03:50.240 Yeah, yeah, they can be. 00:03:50.400 --> 00:03:54.240 Uh and so uh and it's a play area for siblings. 00:03:54.240 --> 00:03:58.159 There's an outdoor roof deck play area. 00:03:58.159 --> 00:04:07.680 Uh so it's really this really cool piece of the building uh on the northeast that is a I I think it's a real gift to those to the PED's and NICU families. 00:04:07.840 --> 00:04:08.159 Yeah, yeah. 00:04:08.159 --> 00:04:10.479 Was that roof deck area existing? 00:04:10.479 --> 00:04:11.120 Was it already there? 00:04:11.439 --> 00:04:11.840 This is brand new. 00:04:11.840 --> 00:04:14.080 Brand new part of the part of the addition. 00:04:14.400 --> 00:04:14.719 Love it. 00:04:14.719 --> 00:04:16.240 So yeah, really, really cool stuff. 00:04:16.240 --> 00:04:19.519 And that's it's a hard thing to get on an urban campus, some outdoor space.

00:04:19.759 --> 00:04:20.319 Yeah, indeed. 00:04:20.319 --> 00:04:20.560 Yeah. 00:04:20.560 --> 00:04:23.360 So you look for those opportunities where you can find them. 00:04:23.360 --> 00:04:32.160 You know, we we suggest things like that to clients, and and uh hopefully they're like, yeah, that sounds like a really interesting idea. 00:04:32.160 --> 00:04:34.079 Let's explore that, let's go down that road. 00:04:34.079 --> 00:04:34.639 Right. 00:04:34.639 --> 00:04:38.000 Uh so and we just happen to be able to implement that on this. 00:04:38.079 --> 00:04:39.519 So what a great opportunity. 00:04:39.519 --> 00:04:39.920 Yeah. 00:04:39.920 --> 00:04:49.199 So so thinking about like the entire process of this project, um, what would be one challenge that you and the team had to overcome, maybe? 00:04:49.680 --> 00:04:52.639 Well, it's it's again, that's a loaded question. 00:04:52.800 --> 00:04:53.360 Oh yeah. 00:04:53.600 --> 00:05:03.279 Uh anytime you're on an urban site and you're linking to an existing 24-7-365 healthcare building, right? 00:05:03.279 --> 00:05:06.160 It's fraught with complexity, right? 00:05:06.160 --> 00:05:10.639 They have to stay open, operational, everything has to be functioning and flowing. 00:05:10.639 --> 00:05:20.319 Um, and so I would say that has been the biggest challenge to the team is just site circulation during construction. 00:05:20.480 --> 00:05:20.639 Uh-huh. 00:05:20.720 --> 00:05:26.079 How do we keep things moving inside their existing building while we're doing this uh addition? 00:05:26.079 --> 00:05:34.000 So there's been some, you know, disruptions to their campus, but I think all in all, um it's it's gone pretty smoothly. 00:05:34.399 --> 00:05:34.959 That's fantastic. 00:05:34.959 --> 00:05:39.360 And I can see that being a big challenge, trying to provide the least disruption possible. 00:05:39.360 --> 00:05:39.759 Yeah. 00:05:39.759 --> 00:05:41.439 But you know you got to do something. 00:05:41.759 --> 00:05:42.000 Exactly. 00:05:42.319 --> 00:05:43.920 Yeah, very, very cool, very cool. 00:05:43.920 --> 00:05:50.720 And then if you're to put on the hat and like look into the future, you got your future divining hat on. 00:05:50.720 --> 00:05:55.120 What long-term impact do you feel that this project will have? 00:05:55.120 --> 00:05:55.439 Yeah. 00:05:55.439 --> 00:05:57.680 Maybe the community or whatever. 00:05:58.000 --> 00:05:58.800 Yeah, to the whole. 00:05:58.800 --> 00:06:00.560 I mean, it's a regional facility. 00:06:00.560 --> 00:06:00.800 Yeah. 00:06:00.800 --> 00:06:05.040 So it it really impacts the whole region within 200 miles. 00:06:05.040 --> 00:06:11.759 Um I I think the impact because we're blessed to have worked with this client for a long time, we know them well. 00:06:11.759 --> 00:06:14.560 Um, we've master planned with them. 00:06:14.560 --> 00:06:20.240 And so we know that this is a piece of that master, that larger master plan. 00:06:20.480 --> 00:06:20.720 Right.

00:06:20.879 --> 00:06:26.959 And so it allows them, they've been uh they've been full on the inpatient side for years now. 00:06:26.959 --> 00:06:29.600 Literally, they are out of space, right? 00:06:29.839 --> 00:06:30.160 Okay. 00:06:30.480 --> 00:06:45.439 And so uh by adding this space, they it allows them to expand this the service lines, the women's and children's service lines, which uh is great for them from a competitive standpoint with some of the other entities uh in their region. 00:06:45.439 --> 00:06:49.360 But it also allows them to decompress their existing campus. 00:06:49.360 --> 00:06:55.439 And so uh they move women's and children's from their existing hospital over into the new addition, yeah. 00:06:55.439 --> 00:07:04.000 And then it allows them to start remodeling and backfilling other inpatient needs into the uh older spaces. 00:07:04.319 --> 00:07:04.720 Right, right. 00:07:05.439 --> 00:07:15.600 So it's it's given them that opportunity as well without having to build brand new again to get to meet their needs on the inpatient side of things. 00:07:15.600 --> 00:07:19.680 So yeah, that's that's a big long-term impact for them. 00:07:20.160 --> 00:07:20.560 I can see that. 00:07:20.560 --> 00:07:23.600 I guess it's being being a good one too, as as things go forward. 00:07:23.600 --> 00:07:40.399 So now just looking back at the entire process, the results that BWBR was able to achieve through all this, what's one aspect of the project that you personally might carry forward in your day-to-day work or maybe even your design approach? 00:07:40.639 --> 00:07:41.199 Yeah. 00:07:41.199 --> 00:08:07.279 Um I would say because of the complexity of the project and tying into all these existing systems, whether it's mechanical electrical systems or just the flow of materials, patients, staff, visitors, you know, to the campus, um, it has forced our whole team to really, really collaborate at a high level. 00:08:07.279 --> 00:08:07.439 Okay. 00:08:07.439 --> 00:08:17.360 Not just like us and our consultants, but we've been really, really uh tied in with weekly coordination meetings with the construction manager as well. 00:08:17.360 --> 00:08:23.680 We've been coordinating our design process with them from the very outset of the of the project. 00:08:23.680 --> 00:08:35.279 We've yeah, we started by pull planning the whole thing, the design process and construction process with the construction manager to start off just because it's so much complexity. 00:08:35.440 --> 00:08:35.679 Right. 00:08:36.000 --> 00:08:40.240 Uh, we didn't want to stub our toe or miss a step somewhere along the way. 00:08:40.240 --> 00:08:50.080 And so um, probably a higher level of coordination with the CM, with the owner, with our consultants than we would normally have to have. 00:08:50.080 --> 00:08:54.639 But I think uh the team has worked so well together. 00:08:54.639 --> 00:09:00.159 Um, and I think it's really allowed the project to move as smoothly as it has, given the complexities of it. 00:09:00.240 --> 00:09:01.039 So that's great. 00:09:01.039 --> 00:09:02.559 It sounds like a winning process. 00:09:02.720 --> 00:09:03.120 Yeah, yeah. 00:09:03.279 --> 00:09:04.000 That's wonderful. 00:09:04.000 --> 00:09:08.480 So, Jason, that brings it to me to the end of my questions for this opportunity to talk to you. 00:09:08.480 --> 00:09:16.159 And I just want to thank you for the time that you've uh given me today and the insights you provided to some of our listeners on just an amazing project that we've gotten to work on. 00:09:16.480 --> 00:09:16.960 Awesome. 00:09:16.960 --> 00:09:18.000 Thanks for having me. 00:09:18.159 --> 00:09:18.559 Thank you. 00:09:18.559 --> 00:09:22.320 And all of our listeners tune in, and we'll see you again soon.